At night, Lu Yuan took care of Huo Qiran to sleep, and when he turned around and walked down the living room, Mu Qian was still sitting in front of the computer.
She has already sorted out the detailed pictures of the restaurant and sent them to her former circle. She also posted help information on various social media.
Mu Qian sat in front of the computer and carefully read every feedback message.
"How's it going?" Lu Yuan stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Do you have any useful information?"
"Not yet." Mu Qian replied, "But there should be news soon. Although these people are just ordinary reporters, if they really unite, they can really have a good eye."
As soon as she finished speaking, the communication software logged in to Mu Qian's computer suddenly made a "ding-dong" sound. Mu Qian immediately turned around and saw a private message.
The other person was a reporter she had known before. After saying hello to her, he quickly sent several photos of the restaurant. The details of each photo matched the previous photo!
Mu Qian immediately cheered up and asked the other party where the restaurant was located, and the answer she got was that it was in Manhattan, New York.
Mu Qian quickly thanked the other party, and then said to Lu Yuan: "If it is in New York, then I can go there tomorrow to verify it."
After hearing this, Lu Yuan was quiet for a moment and said, "But we are planning to return to China tomorrow. Is it too late?"
Mu Qian curled her lips, "It's definitely too late. Well, you and Qi Ran go back first, and I'll come back after I figure out the whole story here."
Lu Yuan shrugged, glanced at the computer in front of her, and said, "You don't have to explain this to me."
After saying that, she stood up, turned around and walked upstairs.
Mu Qian sat for a while longer before bringing up the minimized video communication software. When she opened it, the screen on the other end was still the ceiling of Huo Jinxi's office.
Mu Qian looked at it quietly for a moment, then picked up the headphones next to her and put them on her head.
"Hello?" She said slowly, "Is anyone there?"
After a while, the picture on the other end moved.
Then, Huo Jinxi's expressionless face appeared in front of the camera.
Mu Qian hugged her legs and sat in the chair, watching him quietly without speaking.
As soon as she shouted here, there was movement on the other end. It can be seen that Huo Jinxi had been beside the phone before. The conversation between her and Lu Yuan was more or less transmitted through the microphone. Huo Jinxi should have listened to it.
A rough idea.
Sure enough, after a moment, Huo Jinxi spoke: "What do you want to tell me?"
"That's it..." Mu Qian pretended to be cautious, "Can you send Qi Yuan over to take Qi Ran back? His school will hold an opening ceremony soon, and he has to go back to attend."
"What else?" Huo Jinxi asked again.
Mu Qian pursed her lips and then said: "Also, I should stay here for a while. I want to see what the purpose of the person who is behind this is."
"Is that why?"
"if not?"
Huo Jinxi looked at her quietly for a moment, and then said, "Aren't you playing into his hands by staying?"
Mu Qian chuckled lightly and replied: "I am the best at leveraging force. Since he handed the pole to me, of course I have to climb up along the pole."
Huo Jinxi listened and didn't say anything for a while.
"You don't agree?" Mu Qian asked.
These words probably touched on Huo Jinxi's heart. After being quiet for a few seconds, he just said: "It's up to you."
Of course he wanted to follow her.
Even at this moment, his heart is clearly looking forward to her return, but his reason will clearly tell him that if she doesn't come back for a day, Cheng Manshu's life will be stable.
"Then get busy." Mu Qian said, "I won't disturb you anymore."
After saying that, she was ready to continue doing her own thing, but Huo Jinxi suddenly replied: "Don't bother."
Hearing this answer, Mu Qian was slightly startled. After a moment of silence, he whispered again: "Is the company busy recently?"
"Not very busy." Huo Jinxi said.
"Then you get off work on time every day?"
"Um."
"That's good." Mu Qian said.
After she said this, she didn't know what else to ask. However, Huo Jinxi on the screen was still looking at her quietly, as if waiting for her to continue.
Mu Qian looked at him silently for a long time before finally speaking again: "Huo Jinxi, I will be back."
Hearing these words, Huo Jinxi's eyes moved slightly, and then he spoke in a low voice and answered with only one word: "Okay."
…
Qi Yuan, who temporarily received such an urgent task, arrived in Tongcheng at noon the next day local time, very promptly.
Mu Qian waited for him until he arrived, and then solemnly entrusted Lu Yuan and Huo Qiran to him.
Huo Qiran found it very difficult to accept the fact that he was separated from Mu Qian, so he grabbed Mu Qian's clothes and refused to let go.
Mu Qian coaxed him for a long time, Xiaozhi moved him with emotion and reason, and finally coaxed him with various inducements.
Lu Yuan didn't have anything to say. He just said to Mu Qian, "You have to be careful."
"Don't worry." Mu Qian said, "This is my territory!"
Mu Qian sent a few people to the car, then turned around and ran towards New York.
Two hours later, Mu Qian pushed open the door and walked into the restaurant.
This is a very ordinary restaurant. After Mu Qian sat down, he casually ordered a set meal. While waiting for the food to be served, he took out the photo of Ye Jinfan and asked the waiter, "Do you have any impressions of these two people?"
?"
There were five waiters in the restaurant. Mu Qian asked them all, but the answers they got were all negative.
For a restaurant like this located in a downtown area with a large flow of people, if Ye Jinfan only happened to come in once, it would be difficult for the waiter to leave an impression.
Mu Qian's eyes then fell on the restaurant's surveillance camera.
"How long do you usually keep your surveillance videos?" Mu Qian asked again.
"Two weeks."
Upon hearing this answer, Mu Qian was immediately disappointed.
The news Qi Yuan brought her when he came from China was that Ye Jinfan had indeed traveled frequently between Tongcheng, New York, but he had not left Tongcheng in the past month.
In other words, it was almost impossible to find clues in this restaurant. Mu Qian took a few bites of food and stood up to leave when she suddenly received a call from her former colleague.
"The phone number you want to check has information." A former colleague told her, "It is the landline number of an apartment in Manhattan."
Landline number?
Hearing this answer, Mu Qian couldn't help but want to laugh.
The other party has really paved all the roads for her, just waiting for her to step into the unknown territory ahead.
"Do you have a specific address?" Mu Qian asked again.
The former colleague quickly sent the specific address to Mu Qian's mobile phone. After Mu Qian saw the address, she breathed out slightly.
Sure enough, that apartment is near this restaurant.
At this moment, she was really interested in knowing whether the people living in that apartment were humans or ghosts.